Ashes 2017/18, 3rd Test: What went wrong for England

#1 Failure to convert starts

Mark Stoneman, James Vince, Dawid Malan and Jonny Bairstow somehow cracked the code of batting against the hostile Australian bowling on a pacy WACA surface offering plenty of bounce as they all got off to good starts and got some runs under their belt.

However, they all threw away their wickets after putting in so much hard work and failed to emulate what Steven Smith and Mitchell Marsh did for their country.

With a 301-run partnership, Smith and Marsh tormented England and a similar kind of effort was expected from the visitors' batsmen as well but they failed to deliver.

Although Malan and Bairstow got their respective tons, their job was not done as England could not even post enough runs to make Australia bat for the second time in the match.

From 368/4 on the second morning, England went on to lose the third Test by an innings and 41 runs, which speaks volumes about the touring party's lack of intent in the ongoing series.